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Todos Santo - Roncesvalles

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049644
MRDS ID MX02756
Record type Site
Current site name Todos Santo - Roncesvalles
Alternate or previous names Pastrana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.75057, 27.03362 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM NW OF BATOPILAS VILLAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • MANY SMALL MINES ON THESE VEINS (SHOWN BY WILKERSON, ET AL, 1988, FIG 6)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.75057, 27.03362
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF GALENA, SPHALERITE LAUMONTITE, AND NATIVE SILVER IN VEINS IN GRANODIORITE. THE VEINS FILL FAULTS. PODS OF MASSIVE NATIVE AG ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1645

Mining district

District name Batopilas District

Comments on the workings information

  • 22 ACCESSIBLE LEVELS (1983), SEE WILKERSON 1983, AND 1988 FOR DETAILS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, SAN JUANITO

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., 1983, THE BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: PH.D DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY TEXAS, EL PASO, 642 P.

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., DENG, Q., LLAVONA, R., AND GOODELL, P., 1988, BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1721-1736.

  • Deposit

    BAGG, R.M., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE MINNG DISTRICTS OF CHIHUAHUA: MINING SCIENCE PRESS, V. 97, P. 152-153 AND 187-189.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, W.E., AND PANCZER, C.S., 1986, FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: THE BATOPILAS DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXCIO: MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V.17, P. 51-80.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ-REYNA, J., 1947, LOS YACIMIENTOS ARGENTIFEROS DE BATOPILAS, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES BOLETIN 11, 24P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1640'S
Deposit ORIGINALLY THE TODOS SANTOS AND RONCESVALLES VEINS WERE DISCOVERED SEPERATELY BUT AFTER WORKING THESE AND OTHER VEINS IN THE BATOPILAS DISTRICT WERE EVENTUALLY CONNECTED AND FORMED THE PASTRANA MINE.
Deposit MINE GROUP NAMED BY WILKERSON, 1983. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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